Serie A: Lookman nominated for Player of the Month

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2 months ago

May 17, 2025

Atalanta star Ademola, Lookman has been nominated for Serie A Player of the Month for May, Ekwutosblog reports.

Lookman was nominated alongside five other players for the individual accolade.

Riccardo Orsoloni (Bologna), Khenphren Thuram (Juventus), Scott McTominay (Napoli), Manu Kone (AS Roma) and Santiago Gimenez (AC Milan) are also in contention for the award.

Lookman scored one goal for Atalanta this month.

The 27-year-old ended his six-game goal drought by netting in La Dea’s 2-1 win over AS Roma on Monday.

He has 20 goal contributions (15 goals and five assists) in 30 league appearances this season.

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Transfer: Galatasaray return for Osimhen with fresh proposal as Gyökeres begins strike

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7 hours ago

July 11, 2025

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Turkish giants, Galatasaray, have returned to Napoli to continue the talks on signing Victor Osimhen.

Fabrizio Romano, the Italian football transfer expert, reports that the Turkish side submitted a new proposal structure to Napoli on Friday.

It includes a €70m fee with bank guarantees for the installments which is now left for the Italian side to decide upon.

Meanwhile, Sporting CP striker, Viktor Gyökeres has continued with his strike in protest against the club.

The player, according to Romano, will not show up in training at Sporting again at any moment this summer.

“His decision is clear as reported during the week, he only wants Arsenal, it’s over with Sporting,” Romano wrote on X.

Gyökeres has also informed Sporting president about that 5 days ago that he wants to join the Premier League club.

In another development, Nottingham Forest have sent a complaint to the Premier League over Morgan Gibbs-White’s move to Tottenham.

Nottingham is working on potential legal action as they believe Spurs made an illegal approach to the player, as Sky Sports reported.

NNL: Coach Aluma commends Warri Wolves players for NPFL promotion

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10 hours ago

July 11, 2025

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Warri Wolves head coach, Napoleon Aluma, has commended his players for securing promotion to the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL.

Warri Wolves topped Group B of the Nigeria National League, NNL, playoffs, courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Crown FC.

The Seasiders will now return to the NPFL for the first time in four years.

Aluma also praised goalkeeper Joke Efevwerha for maintaining his composure despite a mistake during the match.

“I had so much confidence in my team. Despite the error from my goalkeeper, who has been one of the best throughout the regular season, we stayed focused and got the win,” Aluma said after the game.

Warri Wolves will now face Wikki Tourists to determine the overall winner of the 2024–25 NNL season.

Club World Cup: Why we thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 – PSG manager, Enrique

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2 days ago

July 10, 2025

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Paris Saint-Germain manager, Luis Enrique has suggested that his team thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 in the Club World Cup semi-final tie on Wednesday because his players played a great great match against the Spainsh LaLiga giants.

According to Erinque, PSG did really good against the Los Blancos, adding that his players kept playing and fighting despite the “stifling heat”.

Four goals from Fabian Ruiz, Ousmane Dembele and Goncalo Ramos gave the Parisians the victory against Xabi Alonso’s side.

“It is a very special moment for us, Parisians, for all the supporters, the entire club,” Erinque told PSG TV.

“I think we did a really good job and played a great match. We are happy, we are in the final and it has been an incredible season. We want to win this [Club World Cup] final.

“Everyone saw the stifling heat, it is incredible to play in that. I think it affected both teams [PSG and Real Madrid], but we kept playing and fighting,” he said.

Enrique’s side will now face Chelsea in Sunday’s final at the MetLife Stadium.